Why 2020 will be make or break time for transatlantic personal data transfers
The transfer of personal data lies at the heart of much of online activity. Since many of the leading online companies were founded and have their headquarters in the US,…
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Why did privacy expert Max Schrems immediately file GDPR complaints against Google and Facebook – and will he win?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force a few weeks ago. As Rick Falkvinge noted in his post on the topic, its impact is potentially huge. The GDPR…
Top EU court sinks main framework for sending personal data across the Atlantic
The Privacy Shield framework for transferring personal data across the Atlantic was brought in to deal with a problem created by the EU's GDPR. According to the latter, the personal…
Transatlantic data flows under renewed threat following top EU court’s ruling
Last week, Europe's highest court issued what might seem a fairly obscure ruling on an agreement between the EU and Canada on the transfer of passenger data between the two…
Key transatlantic data flows under threat as US surveillance laws clash once more with EU privacy protections
We wrote recently about clouds gathering over the Privacy Shield framework that governs transatlantic data flows for thousands of US companies. As that post explained, even if the Privacy Shield…
Google says: “Privacy is paramount to us, in everything we do”; here’s why that can’t be true
Back in May Mark Zuckerberg proclaimed: the future is private". Now Google is joining in: Privacy is paramount to us, in everything we do. So today, we are announcing a…
Told you: U.S. companies simply don’t have agency to promise any kind of safeguards for collected data
In the Yahoo fallout, Europe is now accusing the United States for disallowing its corporations to give any kind of guarantees for handling sensitive private data. This means that US…
Should we worry about the possibility of police surveillance using autonomous drones with added AI ? Too late: it’s already here
A couple of weeks ago, Privacy News Online wrote about France's controversial Global Security Law. One striking element was the authorization of drones for routine police surveillance. These particular "eyes…
Zuck’s back, calling for “new rules” for the Internet, which will entrench Facebook’s power, but do nothing for privacy
Last month, Privacy News Online looked at a 3000-word essay entitled "A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking", written by Mark Zuckerberg. It's a measure of the political pressure that Facebook…
Private Internet Access now accepts anonymous Zcash shielded payments
Private Internet Access is now accepting Zcash shielded payments, providing users with enhanced protection of personal data when paying for our VPN services. This continues our long history of adopting…